Section One - ALL STORIES
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Civil partnerships: Elton John exchanges vows with partner
By Peter Moore
LONDON - Hundreds of Gay and Lesbian couples exchanged vows in cities and towns across England and Wales Wednesday but their big day was overshadowed by the civil partnership of Elton John and David Furnish in Windsor.
The world television news crews and their satellite trucks were in place long before dawn. The paparazzi jostled for positions hours befo more
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After Katrina: Gay life in New Orleans
Gay community center faces financial ruin, bars okay
By Rex Wockner
- SGN Contributing Writer
NEW ORLEANS - A few Christian political activists blamed Hurricane Katrina on Gays, noting that it hit immediately prior to Gay-friendly New Orleans' famed "Southern Decadence" Gay festival.
But, in fact, about the on more
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New HIV reporting guidelines could endanger privacy, AIDS group warns
By Doug Windsor
An advocacy group for people with HIV/AIDS is warning that proposed new federal regulations could endanger the privacy of [people with AIDS].
The Centers for Disease Control is implementing the Program Evaluation and Monitoring System (PEMS). It requires unprecedented surveillance requirements for federally funded more
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Military surveillance of Gay student groups reminisent of McCarthy era crackdowns, say historians
The recent revelation that the U.S. military is spying on Gay rights groups, say historians, evokes the Cold War crackdowns on Gays during the McCarthy era. Then, as now, the government compiled lists of American citizens who were suspected of subversive activity by virtue of their association with critics of government policy. Targets included Gay more
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Creator of AIDS Memorial Quilt, Names Project Foundation reach agreement over return of quilt panels
The Atlanta-based Names Project Foundation - which owns the AIDS Memorial Quilt - and Cleve Jones - who started the now 50-ton quilt in 1987 and served as its spokesperson for 15 years - have reached an agreement over the return of a portion of the quilt to San Francisco, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The two parties, who had been more
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Disabilities Space: WELCOME
By Cathy Hoog and Marla S. Nonken
- SGN Contributing Writers
Like able-bodied persons, people with both hidden and visible disabilities have their own opinions. Like able-bodied people, we each have our own personalities, approaches, and needs. How are those of us who identify ourselves as having a disability impacted as LGBT? Where c more
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'Out' leaders serve equality best
By Catherine D. Willis
A good number of folks in and out of the GLBTQA community in Spokane and statewide knew something about recalled Mayor Jim West's orientation but said nothing. The obvious question - why? - was asked and answered in various forms by panelists and listeners at a community forum in the Lilac City Nov. 19. It all boiled more
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SEATTLE'S GAY HISTORY San Terre Yacht Club (1967 - 1974)
Those salty Gays with yachts
By Don Paulson
- SGN Contributing Writer
San Terre [without earth] was a Seattle yacht club of twelve Gay boat owners who sailed and partied together on the waters and ports of Puget Sound every Sunday.
Bill Parkin, who owned the Gay Pike Street Tavern and still knows every faggot on the p more
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Gay soldier assaulted at Arizona Army base
FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA - Private Kyle Lawson, a 19-year-old Tucson resident, was physically assaulted and threatened at Fort Huachuca Army Base after fellow soldiers learned he is Gay, according to a report in Sunday's Arizona Daily Star. Fearful for his safety, Private Lawson is leaving the Army, while the soldier accused of his assault appears to more
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Los Angeles County web site allows users to send e-cards alerting partners to HIV, STD infection
Seattle inSPOT site coming to Seattle in 2006
Los Angeles County health officials on Wenesday announced the launch of a Web site inSPOTLA.org, or Internet Notification Service for Partners or Tricks, Los Angeles - that allows users who have been diagnosed with HIV or another sexually transmitted disease to send e-cards to inform their sex more
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2005: Record year for pro-Gay state legislative victories
'The road has potholes but equality is on the horizon,' said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Americans scored big wins in 2005, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign. The report - Equality from State to State: GLBT Americans and State Legislation 2005 - details record more
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New developments in the marriage equality wars: The fight over the issue in New York, and the growing international acceptance and american rejection of "genderless" marriage
By Joanna Grossman
For the short term, same-sex - or "genderless," as some opponents refer to it - marriage will remain illegal in New York. Ten months ago, a New York trial court ordered its legalization. But now, the decision has been reversed.
New York's highest court, though, has yet to weigh in - and surely will in the near more
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Senate approved Medicaid cuts could harm hundreds of thousands of Americans living with AIDS
'On HIV and AIDS, Congress handed over authority to extremists with the potential to harm thousands of Americans,' said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese.
WASHINGTON - This morning in a vote of 50 to 50, with Vice President Dick Cheney casting the tie-breaking vote, the U.S. Senate approved the budget reconciliation conference more
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Pride at Work: "Don't be fooled by Wal-Mart"
In an effort to reach out to the large Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender market, Wal-Mart will be hosting a seminar entitled "Why Market to Gay America?" As Wal-Mart begins efforts to woo the LGBT community, Pride At Work, AFL-CIO, urges members of our community to not be fooled by Wal-Mart's new marketing ploy. Regardless of Wal-Mart's mar more
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China: Police shut down Gay, Lesbian event
Government persecutes civil society groups that address HIV/AIDS
NEW YORK - In shutting down Beijing's first-ever Gay and Lesbian cultural festival, the Chinese government violated basic freedoms and persecuted activists who are addressing the country's burgeoning AIDS crisis, Human Rights Watch and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network sa more
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Queer Foundation to offer three $1,000 college scholarships for winners of essay contest
To the winners of the 2006 high school English essay contest, $1,000 scholarships are available for studies in Queer theory or a related field at the U.S. college or university of their choice in 2006-07.
Scholarships are administered by the newly formed Queer Foundation, a Washington nonprofit corporation and a 501(c)(3) public charity lo more
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